Curriculum- Teaching and Learning
Upwey South Primary School
If you wish to hear more about curriculum, teaching, and learning across our school, please contact:
Melinda Rowe
Assistant Principal - Curriculum and Pedagogy
m: 0467 290 948
melinda.rowe@education.vic.gov.au
School Wide Teaching and Learning
In each edition of our school newsletter, we share with our community an insight into the curriculum being taught within our classrooms. This reflects our school's strong focus upon continuous improvement.
Each edition covers a different area of the curriculum, and is supported by our school-wide approaches to teaching and learning.
In this edition we provide you with some extra-curricular opportunities for your child
Next term our Year Three to Six students will be starting their Student Agency Electives.
What are Student Agency Electives?
Student Agency Electives are an opportunity for all students in Year 3 – 6 to engage with electives from a variety of subject areas which may not appear within the traditional primary school curriculum. There are multiple electives to cater for all students.
The Term Two / Three program will commence with an orientation session in Week 4, Friday 16th May 2025.
Please head to Compass (via the desktop) to complete elective choices. If you require a hard copy to fill out, please collect a copy from Mel Rowe.
Please note that the ‘Round One’ electives program be held on the following dates:
Term Two
· Friday 16th May - Orientation session
· Friday 30th May
· Friday 13th June
· Friday 2oth June
· Friday 27th June
Term Three
· Friday 1st August
· Friday 8th August
Electives on offer for Round One
- Kids in the Kinder
- Sports
- Art and Craft
- Minecraft Education
- Board Games and Card Games
- Comic Books and Storymaking
- Aerobics
- Drawing Club
- Lego Challenge Club
- Coding
- Armchair Travellers
- Passion Project
Opportunities for students to challenge and enrich their learning are available through the Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series. The Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series (VCES) provides funded extension activities for high-ability students in Victorian government schools from Prep to Year 12. Within the series, education expert partners are delivering a suite of face-to-face and virtual incursions and excursions, such as workshops, tutorials, conferences, lectures and competitions, across all areas of the curriculum that are free of charge.
For activities available, please see the following link:
https://arc.educationapps.vic.gov.au/channels/VCES
Some of the activities on offer
